Sinn Féin calls for Citizens' Assembly on Irish unity

Party spokesperson on Higher Education, Rose Conway Walsh, said 'momentum for a united Ireland is growing'

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Public Expenditure Mairéad Farrell compared the partition of Northern Ireland and the Republic to 'driving with a puncture.' 

A Citizens' Assembly on Irish unity must be held immediately, the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis has been told.

The party's annual meeting began with a session on Irish unity, with speakers saying that elements of the Irish Government and media were out of step with desires to see a united Ireland.